Grain-saver.



v. F. MIKOLASEK.

GRAIN SAVER.

APPLIGATION FILED 0011.15, 1912. 1, l 1 @1708. at nted Sept. 15, 1914.

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V. F. MIKOLASEK.

GRAIN SAVER. APPLIOATION FILED 00115, 1912.

1,1 10,703, Patented Sept. 15, 1914.4

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Specification of Letters Patent;

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VENonsLA s F Mme acitizen of the United States, residing at Lankin, in the county of Walshand;

tate of North Dakota, have invented cer- ,tain new and usefulImprovements in Grrain- Savers, of which the following is aspecification.

P This invention .is a grain saving attachment for harvesters, and hasfor its object th provision of a simple and eiiicientdevice binder deckof any harvester in position to catch the loose grain, weeds, wildgrass, etc, passing over the binder deck and positively feed the same toand into a receptacle supported at one end of the trough. The inventionalso seeks to provide simple means for supporting the receptacle whichmaybe easily manipulated to permit removal of the receptacle when thesame has been filled.

The objects of the invention are attained in a mechanism of the typeillustrated in the accompanying drawings, and the invention consists incertain novel features which will be hereinafter first fully describedand then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. i

In the drawingsz Figurel is a plan view of my improved graln savingattachment showing its position relative tothe binder deck; Fig. 2 isialongitudinal sectionof the same; Fig. 3 is an endyi'ew vith a part in ysection, ona larger scale.

view showing amodification; Fig. 5

Fig. 4. is a plan detail sectionof a part of the gearing; Fig.

his a detailperspective view of the means for attaching the swinging'arrnshown in I The binder deck 1 is of theusual or, any I preferredconstruction. To the lower" edge of the deck. at the front and rearsides there- 1 i of, I secure brackets 2 which have ,downturned ends towhich is secureda trough 3.

This trough is preferably formed from a single piece of sheet metal. andhas its outer wall provided with'an outwardly and up-I wardly inclineddeflecting plate 4L at its upper edge so that any loose grain which mght tend to pass over thejtrough'and be lost fwill be caught by saiddeflecting plate andturned back into the trough,

as will be readily understood. At the ends of the. trough, I pro-" videcross bars or plates 5 in which is our-- naled ashaft 6 carrying asplralor screw conveyer blade 7 and having "one-end exis a trough and equippedwith a sprocket wheel ,8 whichis connected by a sprocket chain 9 withasprocket-wheel onthe binder operating shaft or a similar sprocket Wheelon the g "Patented Sept.1 5, 1914:. Applicationfiled. October 15, 1912'.Serial No. 725,846.

tended beyond the adjacent end *of the" 'v roller at the upper end ofthe binder-deck. The saldshaft 6 will thus be rotated so as to impartmotion to the spiral or screw con- .veyer blade and the said blade,Wlll, oonsequently be caused to act upon the grain and thereby feedthesame toward-the discharge-at end of the trough. a At the dischargeend of the trough, I secure a supporting arm or bracket 10. andajchuteor spout 11, the arm J10 havingits lower end formed into a hook "12which is adapted to engage an opening n provided therefor-in the side ofthe box or receptacle 13, and the spout 11 being disposed to dischargedirectly into the receptacle. At the end ofthe spout 11, I pivotallysecure an attaching hook or finger 14 which is adapted to engagea-suitable open- 14 iseXtended beyond its pivotal point and ing in theside of the receptacleopposite that .1 engaged by the hook I2, andjthesaid hook equipped with a lateral finger or stop 15 ,1

adapted to 'bearagainst theunder side of the spout and therebyretain'the hook in its operative position. The trough is provided withan opening 16 in, its bottom at its. disj charge end directly ,overthepspout so .that. the grain fedto the discharge endof the y troughwill pass through thesaid opening intothe receptacle and will not flowpast the receptacle onto the :ground and be lost.

y The receptacle willpreferably be extended somewhatlaterall-y from thetrough, .as.in-

dicatedm'ost clearly in Fig, 1, so that an loose grain whichymayihappento roll over the rear edge of the binder deck will be caught bythejrecep'tacle. a a

"The sprocket chain .9 passes around a sprocket wheel 17 which may.befittedjiup'on the main shaft ortheroller at thenpper .endg-of; thebinder deck, as before stated.

The-sprocket 17 will be looselyfitted upon.

the projecting end 'ofthe shaft and mos tion will be impartedtothesprocket from the" sprocket wheel 18 onthe shaft, to which thesprocket 17 will be rigidlyattached connecting plates or couplings l9,having their endsgfitted around the-spokes of the respec tivesprocketsand havingsecuring bolts or similar devices 20 inserted through theirin-' termediate portlons, as will be readily understood on reference toFig. .5. By this my grain saving attaehmentupon any harvester andoperatively connect the con'veyer With the driving mechanism of theliar-,

vester Without making any change in said mechanism,

in Fig. 4, i "hate" shoyvn a modification er the device in Which thetrough is secured to the binder deck, as before, but the 1 'ecept a'- 10cle, instead armin hung upon the end of the trough,'iis carried by-asupport or arm pivota1lymounted' vbelovv vthe deck. The trough 3 and'thespout lluiiay be of the same form "as shownin the previously describedfigures and the con'veyer' 7 is placed therein, as inzthe previouslydescribed for1n.i Underth-e deck ofth'ebinder l engage overone'ofthebeams of the frame, a pair ofhooksQl which are connected by a lateraloffset or perforated ear 22, and to thefsaid ofiset" or car I pivotallyattach an arm 23 extending rearWardly beyond the binder deck and havingits free end equipped With a ring or othercircular bag holder'243fasshown clearly in Fig. 4. The ringer bagholder- 9A is equippedwith aplurality'of hooks-or spurs 25 over which a bag or other recepta cle26may be engaged so as to be supported the holder. To relieve the strainof the supporting arm 23, ahook 27 is secured to the side of the holder24: and adapted to en gage' an eye or itsequivalent 28 on the end. ofthe trough. With this form of bag holder any ordinary sack or otherconvenient receptacle may beutilized to catch and hold thegrain fedthrough as trough and when the said receptacle has-been filled,- it -maybe removed and another receptacle sub stituted therefor in a verysliortperiodof time The arm 23 is swung toward the outer' or lovver end of thespout when the device is gin use so-that the bag or other, receptacleWill be supported directly belovv the mouth of the spout'll, but when itis desired to re move the filledreceptacle'the' hook 2? is disengagedfrom the eye 28 and the supporting arm'is'then swung to thepositionindicated c in dotted lines, whereupon the bag maybef J quicklyan'deasily removed-i P I "posed thatit Will not strike and cut thebun-fdle's of' grain dropping from the binder deck, but, ifwsjo desired, ascreen or guard mayb'e placed over the trough so as to prevent the Theconveyer will be ordinarily so disbundles and straw dropping into thetrough v and clogging the action of theconveyer.

or five centsv each, by addressing Washin tam'n. c.

if I i The operation'of the' device thought to be evident. The loosegrainshakenrfrom the bundles tl1e"operati0n"'of the binding mechanismwill pass down the binder deck A and fall into the trough and be engagedby fthelspiral conveyer or feeder and thereby forced to the dischargeend of the i trough,

as Will be readily und'er'stood:-Thisloose' grain is now almostinvariably lost and the economical desirability of my device isthereforethought to be obvlousl The device can be produced at a trifling costa'ndeasily applied to the binder deck of any Well-known harvester, and,when repairs are necessary,

maybe very easily removed. The material caught in the trough Will be:fedinto the receptable or box 13 until the same has been filled and saidbox may be then removed and its contents deposited in a suitable sackforsubsequent treatment and the box returned to its position upon thetroughin a feW seconds When it is desiredvto removezthe receptacle, a slightpressure upon the retaining finger 15 will release the'hook l4 and; the

receptacle may then be lifted from the trough. c

What I claim is r hookengaging over said beam, a rearvvardly extendingoffset on one side of said hook, an arm pivoted to said. offset andextending therefrom normally to a point adj acent the discharge Spent,a" receptacle holder at the rear end of said arm, and meansforconnectlng said holder to thetro-ugh 7 2; 1A grain saving attachmentfor harvesters consisting of-a 1" trough provided at its rear end; witha downwardly and later ally extendmg discharge spout, brackets seeuredto s'aidtr'ough and adapted to besecuredto the lower side edge of theharvester deck, and meansfor supporting a receptacle beneath. thedischarge spout ofthe trough with a 'portion'of the receptacle extendinglaterally from the trough at the-rear edge of the harvester deck.

lntestimony whereof I signature in presenceoftwo WTlZIIQSSG/S, v

I i VENOESLAUS MIKOLASEK' Witnesses: i 1 JOHN B NA, IZ. P. NAPPEN.'

the 5 Commissioner of Est tents:

